The University City District (UCD) has been establishing itself as a major player in University City neighborhood relations. From the announcement of its recent plans to renovate the 40th Street Septa Trolley Portal, to their staff in leaf cleaning vehicles that travel the streets of West Philly via bike lanes, it’s hard

We've written about the corner of Frankford & Montgomery a couple of times, first bringing three new buildings under construction to your attention last August. We returned to this intersection a year ago, telling you about a short-lived "casino" at 1802 Frankford Ave. that was pretty much doomed from the

Members of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) have reached a compromise with owners that will mean improvements to an empty but extremely nice looking home on the 2000 block of Race Street.

A small three- to four-employee family operated business will occupy the first-floor of a three-story row home located at 2030 Race.

Earlier this week, a reader gave us the heads up that zoning notices had recently appeared on the front door of 2701 W. Girard Ave., a Gothic church that we first brought to your attention over the summer, when it was still listed for sale. At that time, we told

The Philadelphia skyline as seen from I-76 East or Kelly Drive could look far different a decade from now. The entire dynamic of the city could change if some sort of connector could be built between the Art Museum area and 30th Street Station.

How such a connector might be envisioned

Today, a reader reached out and gave us some of the more surprising news we've heard in recent months. The Forum, that old movie palace at 2208 Market St. that's somehow still been showing nudie films for the last however many years, that venue that attempted to expand its building

At the end of August, years of intense effort, healthy debate, and deep thought were rewarded when Philadelphia's first new zoning code in decades officially became the law of the land. Now here we sit, just three months later, and some members of City Council are attempting to unravel certain

Last summer, we first told you about the Goldtex building at 12th & Wood, a vacant and blighted industrial building that was set to become 168 loft apartment units. As has been covered ad nauseum in the papers, the developers, Post Bros., had a battle from very early on with

Soundgarden Hall is a new music and entertainment venue now operating on the waterfront at Spring Garden Streets and Columbus Boulevard, near Festival Pier.

Members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA) voted recently to support a proposal for a two-year request for a special assembly license for this music venue for 900 underage music lovers and

In July, we told you about 2016-20 Annin St., three new construction homes proposed for the block that we once (appropriately) characterized as one of the worst in the entire city. The other day, a reader gave us the heads up that the developers had finally broken ground, so we